1. Southwest Asia (Middle East) Today
Unit 2
Southwest Asia
(Middle East) Today

2. Essential Question:
Where are important physical features and countries of Southwest Asia located?

3. If I were forced to travel to the Middle East, I would feel…
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If I were forced to travel to the Middle East, I would feel…

4. Afghanistan: A landlocked country in Southwest Asia.

5. Iran
Persian Gulf

6. Iraq A republic in southwest Asia on the Mediterranean Sea
Euphrates River
Tigris River
A republic in southwest Asia on the Mediterranean Sea

7. Occupies most of Arabian Peninsula
Saudi Arabia
Persian Gulf
Strait of Hormuz
Arabian Sea
Red Sea

8. Turkey Between the Mediterranean and the Black seas Euphrates River
Tigris River

9. Israel—a republic on the Mediterranean Sea.
Jordan River
Gaza Strip

10. Strait of Hormuz - a strategically important strait linking the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman
Persian Gulf - An arm of the Arabian Sea, to which it is connected by the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman
Suez Canal - A shipping canal that connects the Mediterranean Sea at Port Said with the Red Sea
Red Sea - A long, narrow, landlocked sea that separates Africa from the Arabian peninsula

11. Tigris River - the eastern member of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia
Euphrates River – the western member of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia
Gaza Strip - A strip of territory in Palestine, on the southeastern Mediterranean coast
Jordan River - River in northern Israel, flowing south through the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea

12. Euphrates River in Turkey
Euphrates River in Iraq

13. Tigris River in Turkey
Tigris River in Iraq

15. Suez Canal

18. Arabian Sea

19. Red Sea

20. Gaza Strip

21. If you want to leave…
(Summarize today’s lesson!)
If I compare the map of Africa to the map of the Middle East, I notice…